<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Hello, Michigan Librarians!</span></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Your library is invited to participate in the Summer 2022 MiLibraryQuest for teens.  It is SUPER easy for a library to participate and we had 110 teens from across the state submit entries last summer. </span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Following library closures in spring 2020 and a shift to virtual programming, a group of librarians from throughout the state began meeting to collaborate on virtual teen programming.  We created MiLibraryQuest, a virtual scavenger hunt, for all teens throughout the state as a summer event. We have now offered four Quests with hundreds of teens participating.  <br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Our next Quest will be held this</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">summer from June 15 through July 31.</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Sunday, May 1 is the deadline for libraries to sign up </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">to participate: </span><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;background-color:fuchsia"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://bit.ly/MiLibraryQuest2022SignUp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://bit.ly/MiLibraryQuest2022SignUp</span></a></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(32,31,30)">The theme of MiLibraryQuest Summer 2022 is “Treasures of the Deep.” This Quest will challenge teen explorers to complete a crossword puzzle by finding clues on the websites of Michigan libraries. Answers to the puzzle will include famous pirates, real shipwrecks, and mythological monsters.  </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Teens will </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">enter to win a prize from their library after completing the crossword puzzle.</span><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">All you have to do as a library is:</span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Place the MiLibraryQuest logo and a library-specific clue (which will be provided by the Quest team) on your website</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Promote the event to your teens (Promotional materials will be available from the Quest team.)</span><br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Award at least one prize to a teen from your library who completes the Quest (The prize is up to you!)</span><br></li></ul></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Additional information is in the FAQs here: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/SummerQuest2022FAQs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">https</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">://bit.ly/SummerQuest2022FAQs</span></a><br></div><div style="margin:0px"></div><br><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">If your library would like to participate, please sign up by May 1 here:</span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px;background-color:fuchsia"><a href="https://bit.ly/MiLibraryQuest2022SignUp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://bit.ly/MiLibraryQuest2022SignUp</span></a></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;background-color:fuchsia"><a href="https://bit.ly/MiLibraryQuest2022SignUp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="margin:0px;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></a></span></div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><span style="margin:0px;background-color:fuchsia"></span></div></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt"></span></div><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you have any questions, please let us know at <a href="mailto:MiLibraryQuest@gmail.com" target="_blank">MiLibraryQuest@gmail.com</a>.</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)">We hope you will be a part of MiLibraryQuest this summer!</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px">The Quest Team</span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MiLibrary-Quest-101788845136786" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Facebook</a> ~ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/milibraryquest/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Instagram</a> ~ <a href="https://milibraryquest.wixsite.com/quest1" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Website</a></span></font></div></div></div></div></div>